Clinical Trial Diversity in Action: A Site Roadmap for Sponsors and CROs

This webinar, hosted by Avacare Clinical Research Network, will provide a comprehensive understanding of why clinical trial diversity matters and the key barriers that impede diverse participation. We will explore actionable strategies to overcome these obstacles, including considerations for inclusive trial design, effective data collection and reporting, and building strong, transparent partnerships between sites, sponsors and CROs.

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Event Overview

In today’s rapidly evolving clinical research landscape, ensuring clinical trial diversity should not only be a regulatory requirement but a moral imperative. However, achieving diversity in clinical trials presents unique challenges that must be addressed through thoughtful design, collaboration and community engagement.

This webinar, hosted by Avacare Clinical Research Network, will provide a comprehensive understanding of why clinical trial diversity matters and the key barriers that impede diverse participation. We will explore actionable strategies to overcome these obstacles, including considerations for inclusive trial design, effective data collection and reporting, and building strong, transparent partnerships between sites, sponsors and CROs. Additionally, we will discuss how to create a respectful and inclusive patient journey that reflects cultural and ethnic sensitivities, ensuring that all patients feel valued and engaged throughout the clinical trial process.

By the end of this session, attendees will be equipped with practical tools and insights to strengthen clinical trial diversity and empower a healthier world for all.

Key Learning Objectives

• Identify common challenges and barriers to achieving clinical trial diversity at the site level.
• Evaluate recruitment strategies at trial sites and their effectiveness to achieve diversity goals.
• Create a patient journey that is reflective of cultural and ethnic sensitivities.

Who Should Attend

• Senior VPs/VPs/Directors of Clinical Operations
• VPs/Directors of Clinical Trial Operations
• Clinical Trial Managers/Directors/Leads
• Program Managers/Directors
• Site Relationship Managers/Directors
• Site Identification Managers/Directors/Leads
• Study Start-Up Leads/Associates/Directors

Speakers:

Leslie Clapp, M.D.
VP, Medical Operations
Avacare Clinical Research Network

Leslie Clapp, M.D., currently serves as vice president, medical operations, for Avacare Clinical Research Network. Clapp brings a wealth of research experience to her role, previously
serving as vice president, medical services, at IQVIA Biotech for four years, having joined the company (legacy Novella Clinical) in 2009. A board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Clapp’s professional experience spans more than 35 years of combined clinical practice and industry experience, including patient care, academia, clinical research and drug development and trial execution. Her broad therapeutic expertise in the industry includes pediatric, internal medicine, women’s health, hematology, neurology and rare disease indications.

Clapp received her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a board-certified pediatrician, she also is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Clapp’s clinical insight derives from a distinguished clinical practice and academic medical career as the founder and managing partner of Main Pediatrics in Buffalo, New York, and as a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. As a former voting member of the US Food and Drug Administration Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, she provided guidance and recommendations on the safety of changing patient access to medications from prescription to over-the-counter status.

In addition to academic honors, Clapp has received scores of awards recognizing excellence in medicine, including The Buffalo News Citizen of the Year Award and the State University of New York at Buffalo Outstanding Woman in Medicine Award. Recently, Clapp was nominated by IQVIA to be recognized as a Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s Rising Star.

Max E. Mercado, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Avacare Clinical Research Network

Max E. Mercado, M.D., is a physician specializing in internal medicine and chief medical officer of Mercado Medical Practice, LLC, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which he founded in 2003. As one of the first physicians in private practice in the Philadelphia area to incorporate an electronic medical record system in 2005, Mercado remains interested in staying ahead with the latest digital and electronic advancements that are available. A native of Puerto Rico, Mercado earned his medical degree from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He did his internal medicine residency at MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Following his residency, Mercado felt the Spanish-speaking population in the Philadelphia area needed a bilingual clinic to go to, so he began his own practice in North Philadelphia and created a welcoming and culturally sensitive medical home for all of his patients. His practice mission statement clearly puts patients’ care first. Mercado has won numerous accolades and awards over the years including the Patients’ Choice Award in 2011 for the Pennsylvania region and was named a Top 10 Doctor in 2012 for the Internist in Fox Chase/Burholme category.

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